אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙ לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 20890Edit time markersSo we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
/ʾĕdáyin šᵉʾḗlᵉnā lᵉ śāvayyā́ ʾillḗx kᵉnḗmā ʾămárnā-l-lᵉhōm man śām lᵉxōm ṭᵉʿēm bayᵉtā́ dᵉnā lᵉ mivnᵉyā́ wᵉ ʾuššarnā́ dᵉnā lᵉ šaxlālā́ /
Gloss translation
- ʾĕdáyin
- then
- adv
- šᵉʾḗlᵉnā
- ask
- v √pe perf I pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- śāvayyā́
- elder
- n m pl emph
- ʾillḗx
- these
- prod pl
- kᵉnḗmā
- thus
- adv
- ʾămárnā
- say
- v √pe perf I pl
- -l-lᵉhōm
- to
- prep + III m pl
- man
- who
- pro?
- śām
- place
- v √pe perf III m sg
- lᵉxōm
- to
- prep + II m pl
- ṭᵉʿēm
- sense
- n m sg abs
- bayᵉtā́
- house
- n m sg emph
- dᵉnā
- this
- prod m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- mivnᵉyā́
- build
- v √pe infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾuššarnā́
- [uncertain]
- n m sg emph
- dᵉnā
- this
- prod m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- šaxlālā́
- finish
- v √šaf infcon abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Time reference
Adverbial phrase- ʔᵉḏaˈyin
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šᵊʔēˈlᵊnā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ śāvayyāˈ ʔillēˈḵ
- Time reference
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- kᵊnēˈmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃmaˈrnā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - llᵊhōm
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - man
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- śām
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵōm
- Object
Nominal phrase - ṭᵊʕēm
- Subject
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Object
Nominal phrase - bayᵊṯāˈ ḏᵊnā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ mivnᵊyāˈ
- Object
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔuššarnāˈ ḏᵊnā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ šaḵlālāˈ
- Conjunction